Capitella capitata (Fabricius)

Glasby, Christopher J., Timm, Tarmo, Muir, Alexander I. & Gil, João, 2009, Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World, Zootaxa 2070, pp. 1-52 : 4

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Capitella capitata ( Fabricius, 1780)

Ecology: FT

Distribution: AU, PA, NA, NT, AT, OL

Habitat: ES

Comments: Now regarded as a species complex, C. capitata has been reported widely in nutrient enriched coastal waters of variable salinity. Reports of the complex tolerating freshwater include Hartman (1947) and Estcourt (1967 b).

References

Estcourt, I. N. (1967 b) Ecology of benthic polychaetes in the Heathcote estuary, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 1 (3), 371 - 394.

Fabricius, O. (1780) Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens, animalia Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificum, triviale, vernaculumque; synonyma auctorum plurium, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum, capturamque singuli; prout detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parti secundum proprias observationes. Ioannis Gottlob Rothe, Hafniae et Lipsiae, 452 pp.

Hartman, O. (1947) Polychaetous annelids. Part VII. Capitellidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 10 (4), 391 - 348.